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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dupin able to obtain from the police?

2. How long had the first person interviewed known the murder victims?

3. What is Dupin's only luxury?

4. What did all the witnesses agree about the second voice they heard?

5. What did the police note about the windows at the Rue Morgue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reason why you think the title was chosen.

2. What does the reader know about The Narrator?

3. What is determined by the testimonies at the murder trial?

4. Describe how The Narrator is Dupin's sidekick.

5. Why did Edgar Allan Poe include an epigraph before the story begins?

6. What was the result of the sailor coming clean about the orangutan?

7. Could Dupin's analytical skills be a curse, or a bad thing? Why or why not?

8. How did the killer exit the room in which the murders took place?

9. How might this short story have been considered controversial when it was written?

10. Why does Dupin believe that the owner of the orangutan is a sailor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the story's title relate to the plot, setting, and characters?

Essay Topic 2

What elements of Gothic literature are present in Poe's story?

Essay Topic 3

How does Poe build suspense in the story? Find three specific examples and analyze them.

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